Mine detail: Gap Lode

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.86524, -103.56
dep_id: 10010782
mrds_id: D004751
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite, Plagioclase
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: DIKE
alteration: Mica Is Air Stained And Clouded By Inclusions
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Harney Peak Granite;Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, W.L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.